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Podside Picnic
by Pete and Connor
Karlo, Kurt, Chris and Pete explore the literature of the fantastic, movies and everything between. Join us! Check us out on Patreon.com/PodsidePicnic for premium content.
Episodes
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Tetsuo II: Body Hammer Preview
We continue our journey into metal with Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992) and make sure we take our daily iron shots.
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Tetsuo Preview
This time around, we discuss the most normal film about a normal man we've ever discussed
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Six String Samurai Preview
This time, we sword-fight like Buddy Holly, in the 1998 post-apocalyptic action comedy, Six-String Samurai. Join us on the journey to Lost Vegas!
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Ghost In the Pastel Preview
Ghost In the Pastel Preview by Pete and Connor
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Thief in the Night
For this Sunday School edition of our Fall of Humanity series, returning champ and Worker's Lit host Jacob Dallas walks us through this whole thing called The Rapture
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Daredevil Preview
We return to Frank Miller, this time teaming up with David Mazzucchelli to deconstruct what it means to be Matt Murdock being Daredevil. Give us a red and tune in!
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A Boy and His Dog Preview
Baby Don Johnson and his goodest boy, Blood are in this wildly influential story and adaptation into film
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Waterworld Preview
Welcome to the next installment in the Fall of Humanity! This time, we hope you can at least dogpaddle in this Water. . . world
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Turkey Shoot Preview
This time around, we talk about a grimy little number that combines prison exploitation films, The Most Dangerous Game, and a smidgen of carnival sideshow
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Another Yadda-sode
We get back together to catch up. We vaguely (and not so vaguely) recommend some stuff, too!
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Toomorrow Preview
We talk about the sci-fi musical Toomorrow (1970) in this Oddside Radio entry
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Sekiro (Ft. Workers' Lit)
Jacob and Aysha from Workers' Lit swing by to talk all things Sekiro - both the game, the upcoming anime.
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Bone 3 Preview
The end of the road! We talk about the last three collections of Bone (Ghost Circles, Treasure Hunters, and Crown of Horns), collected into Book 3, titled Harvest, or Friends & Enemies. Hopefully, the Bone cousins will make it back to Boneville this time!
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Virtuosity_preview
It's the future, and LAPD needs mega-serial killer Sid 6.7 for training purposes - at least until he slips containment and ends up thrill-killing irl :(
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Bone 2 Preview
The Bone journey continues! We cover next three collections (The Dragonslayer, Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border, and Old Man's Cave), now combined into "Book 2" (also named, Solstice, or Phoney Strikes Back)
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Dead End Drive-In Preview
This time we talk about Brian Trenchard-Smith's 1986 post-apocalypse nightmare, Dead End Drive-In.
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Bonus Episode: Bone - Book 1
We get together to talk about the history of Jeff Smith's process in publishing Bone as well as the first three collections (Out from Boneville, The Great Cow Race, Old Man's Cave), now combined into "Book 1"
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The Works of Vermin Preview
Guests Sam Reader and Eden Kupermintz join us to talk about the operatic fever-dream that is Hiron Ennes's The Works of Vermin.
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Another Talking Episode Preview
We get back together to . . . well, you know
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Holmes and Yoyo Preview
We're joined by Este, of the Altmania podcast, to talk about Holmes & Yoyo. Ever hear about good cop, bad cop? How about not-so-great cop and awkward robot cop?
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Bloodborne Preview
This time we discuss the Gothic-to-Cosmic Horror pipeline that is FromSoftware's Bloodborne. Writer and editor, John WM Thompson, as well as Worker's Lit podcast comrades, Lenore Olson and Aysha U. Farah join us in fearing the old blood.
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The Arrival Preview
This time, we talk about another example of Twohy excellence, The Arrival (1996). Charlie Sheen, our hero, uncovers a nefarious alien conspiracy to change Earth's climate
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Minnesota No ICE Preview
Twin Cities-area writers Naomi Kritzer, Lydah Morehouse, Marissa Lingen, and J.R. Dawson join us to talk about how the presence of ICE during Operation Metro Surge and beyond has affected them, and how their activism has informed their writing. Preorder Naomi Kritzer's novella, Obstetrix Check…
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Podside Grab Bag Preview
This time around, we discuss some genre bits and bobs from around the internet. First up, we talk about Mike Jittlov's The Wizard of Speed and Time, a stop-motion extravaganza. Then, we discuss Juliana Maité's horror short, Agon. From there, we also cover Antediluvian (Mario Lanzas), Mallet!…
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Summer Wars Preview
This time, we talk about Mamoru Hosoda's Summer Wars (2009), a wacky almost-cataclysm involving an everything app, a Love Machine, country gentry weirdos, and Japan's second-best math guy
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Silksong Preview
Jacob from Worker's Lit podcast returns - this time to talk about Hollow Knight: Silksong.
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The Minority Report Preview
Chris and I get together to talk about Phillip K. Dick's original novella and Steven Spielberg's lean, mean actioner that has managed to remain prescient 24 years later.
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Rip Van Winkle Preview
This time we return to the oeuvre of U.S. mythologist and professional dinner guest, Washington Irving to talk about his most Goof-coded character: Rip Van Winkle
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Another Beer-ish Run Preview
A bit more chatting about this and that. We even try to keep it vaguely SFF-related!
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The Fall Preview
Ready to . . . fall into what appears to have been Tarsem Singh's passion project? That's right, we discuss The Fall (2006) and how beautiful a man Lee Pace is
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Robot and Frank Preview
Join us for Robot and Frank (2012), a charming little film about loneliness, aging, and getting the robot gang together for one last job
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Truman Show Preview
We talk about The Truman Show (1998) this time, and Peter Weir's amazing filmography and how Thomas Kincaid wished he'd grown up in Seahaven
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Elektra Assassin Preview
This time, we discuss the Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz collaboration, Elektra: Assassin. It really does end up feeling like Fear and Loathing in the MCU.
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Sinners Preview
We got together to talk about Ryan Coogler's blockbuster hit, Sinners (2025) before it got a billion nominations at the Oscars
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Starman Preview
We return to the works of John Carpenter with Starman (1984), where an alien visitor incarnates as a pre-Dude Jeff Bridges for recently widowed Karen Allen and they go on a road trip
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The Man Who Was Thursday
Enjoy your Sunday as we talk about The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
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Surplus Carols (and Humbugs) Preview
You will be visited by three versions of the Dickens classic. Spoiler: A Muppet Christmas Carol is not one of them, but it haunts the ones we talk about like a lonely old miser on Xmas Eve
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Sneakers Preview
This time we talk about Sneakers (1992), an odd bookend to our previous episode, Hackers. Our world-weary team of cybersneaks and ne'er do wells don't want to hack the planet at all
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Hackers Preview
We go all the way back to 1995 to talk about the stylish Hackers. Hack the planet, man!
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Have You Said Thank You Preview
Well. . . have you? We get together to talk about and - of course - riff on what's made us happy this Thankful Season Note: sadly, after quoting from it, I completely forgot to mention the title of the essay (link to follow): The Claims of Close Reading by Johanna Winant...
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Weapons Preview
We discuss Zach Creggers' Weapons (2025). Part parental nightmare, part (sub)urban legend, and very unnerving.
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The Barbarians
What if was Conan the Barbarian. . .s? And both of him were lunkheads? We discuss this fascinating approach in this one
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Cozy Sweater Weather
Pete returns to chat about this and that during that finest time of year
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Sleepy Hollow Preview
We cover both the Washington Irving story and Tim Burton's 1999 adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - a story about the ghost of a Highlander terrorizing a small community
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Fried Barry Preview
Imagine if you will, Meet Dave (2008) but if "Dave" was actually called Barry, lived in South Africa, and did a lot of drugs
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PULPTOBER Preview: The Shadow
Who knows what evil lurks under Alec Baldwin's prosthetic nose? Beats me, but we certainly talk a lot about The Shadow on this final (for now) Pulpside episode
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PULPTEMBER Preview: Hellboy
This time around, we dig into the pulpy origins of one paranormal investigator by the name of Hellboy NOTE: We had some issues with the audio on this one, so please bear with us (and with many thanks to our sound wizard, Adam)
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PULPTEMBER Preview: The Rocketeer
This time around we talk about The Rocketeer (1991), a movie that asserts that a jetpack future can be scary. . . if it's not in service to the old Stars and Stripes, that is!
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PULPTEMBER Preview: Dick Tracy
We get together to chew the fat, see? All about this Dick Tracy fella
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PULPTEMBER Preview: Raiders of the Lost Ark
We kick off Pulptember with the recent classic of the pulp form with Raiders of the Lost Ark. You too could follow along. . . if only you spoke Jovitos
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Karlo, Kurt, Chris and Pete explore the literature of the fantastic, movies and everything between. Join us! Check us out on Patreon.com/PodsidePicnic for premium content.
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Pete and Connor
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Karlo, Kurt, Chris and Pete explore the literature of the fantastic, movies and everything between. Join us! Check us out on Patreon.com/PodsidePicnic for premium content.
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